gharding7269 - German Experience During Journey to America

What was it like for the Germans during the journey to America?
-Germans experience a lot of the same things that the Irish faced during the journey.-

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-Ships that carried the immigrants were packed full and there wasn’t much room to move around.-

-People were terrified that they may catch the plague.-

-Germans were also faced with very harsh diseases and the rapid spreading of them.

-It was said that there were so many bodies tossed overboard on the ships that there were actually sharks following the ships.